I like this woman more all the time.

“All Relative”

By Joseph Manno

In a short span of days, Erika Benteen’s life had drastically changed.

From standing on the verge of resurrecting her career and being surrounded by friends such as she had not known since her Academy days, Erika found herself—thanks to the gracious intervention of March Patterson—with a new assignment.

Supervisor of the trilithium resin disposal team for Spacedock. That’s got to be the closest thing to a literal shit detail Starfleet has left. We actually get hazardous duty pay.

Exhausted, she trudged home and entered her apartment.

“Hi, Mommy!” said Gabi.

It had all definitely been worth it.